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Coulter, Thomas, 1793-1843
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1824-1827
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7289
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
From 1824 to 1827 Thomas Coulter traveled from London, England to Vera Cruz, Mexico. This journal consists of daily meteorological observations taken by Coulter on this journey.
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Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
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Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987
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1841-1988.
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46 Cubic feet (123 boxes and 10 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0519
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Memorabilia of fairs and World's Fairs throughout history, both in the United States and abroad, including photographs, stereographs, panoramas and slides; printed materials; postcards; sheet music; philatelic material; stationery and greeting cards; menus and food service items; posters; shopping bags; motion picture films; and other items.
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1884 August 22
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1 Folder
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0271
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A 19-page handwritten journal of a sea voyage in 1884, written on the return trip, presumably back to London.
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Helfand, William
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1980-1991
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0447
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Advertising cards distributed by telephone sex companies in New York City, London, Amsterdam, Tokyo, and other cities.
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Centennial Photographic Co.
Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Roth, Rodris
Myers, Susan H.
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circa 1862-1920
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2 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0725
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Hundreds of stereographs and other photographic imagery, especially a large number of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia; other subjects include: the World's Columbian Exhibition (1893); the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the Great Sanitary Fair; a large number on Massachusetts, including a set of images from Old Sturbridge; buildings and scenery; miscellaneous other subjects.
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Eisen, Irving
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bulk 1940s
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2006.0038
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 67 black and white captured German photographs from a variety of sources that Eisen removed from the Air Document Research Center, as they were going to be discarded. The photographs include shots of World War II German aircraft from the following German companies: Dornier; Junkers; Heinkel; and Lippisch. There are also ...
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Gablik, Suzi, 1934-
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1954-2014
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12.8 Linear feet
4.48 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.gablsuzi
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Archives of American Art
The papers of art historian, critic, and painter Suzi Gablik measure 12.8 linear feet and 4.48 GB and date from 1954 to 2014. The collection documents her career through scattered biographical documents, professional correspondence, 83 journals and notebooks, writings for book projects, notes, lectures, professional files, printed material, photographs, some digital, and photograph albums. Also included are two digital videos.
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Compton, Joseph, 1891-
Clinton-Baddeley, V.C. (Victor Clinton), 1900-1970
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1949-2010
bulk 1950-1965
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1.25 Cubic feet (11 legal folders, 6 cassette tapes, 18 sound discs (vinyl))
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.LLRE
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
London Library of Recorded English was a 6-volume Anthology of English Literature, consisting of poetry spanning 16th-20th century England, read aloud by well-known British poets, scholars, and actors. The first four recordings were edited by poet-scholars V.C. Clinton-Baddeley and Joseph Compton, and when it was acquired by Britam Agencies in 1955, Clinton-Baddeley stayed on to create two more releases. The collection contains 6 LP recordings, as well as the business papers associated with the creation and management of the Anthology.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Cultural History
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circa 1994-1997
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1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-042
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the acquisition of a bell to be hung in the north tower of the Smithsonian Building in 1996 during the 1996 celebration of the Smithsonian Institution sesquicentennial. The bell was manufactured by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London, England. David Shayt, a Museum Specialist in the Division ...
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Bahr, A. W.
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1919-1957
bulk 1947-1957
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1.25 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2001.14
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Abel William Bahr was a coal merchant and general importer born in China who became an important collector of Chinese art. Several books and catalogues have been published about his collection. His papers include numerous drafts and notes about his memoirs as a collector, correspondence with other collectors and photographs of Chinese art objects, from jade to pottery to paintings.